An argument for non‐agree‐driven movement

• Syed, Saurov ^[1] ; Simpson, Andrew ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Auckland

     University of Auckland

     Nueva Zelanda

     
  2. [2] University of Southern California

     University of Southern California

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Studia linguistica: A journal of general linguistics, ISSN 0039-3193, Vol. 78, Nº 2, 2024, págs. 229-253
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1111/stul.12227
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  • This paper argues for the occurrence of movement that is not the by‐product of an Agree relation in which a probe searches for a goal. The hypothesis that not all instances of movement might be feature‐driven was entertained in early Minimalism, but it has nevertheless become widely assumed that all instances of syntactic movement should be attributed to the operation of Agree. Here, using complex patterns of DP‐internal movement in Bangla, we argue that certain instances of syntactic movement may indeed take place without Agree. Taking the Phase Impenetrability Condition/PIC as the signature property of phases, and sensitivity to the PIC to be indicative of Agree‐related movement, we show that some occurrences of movement within a single domain are constrained by the PIC, while others are not.